TODAY Port Towns communities fight concrete batching plant at CAB

Residents of the Port Towns communities in Prince George's County are fighting the siting of a concrete batching plant in Bladensburg near Peace Cross, threatening the Anacostia River and the health of residents in the viciinity. Today, Tuesday August 22, they go before the Zoning Hearing Examiner at 9 a.m. to fight for the right of communities to control development in their own backyards.

Residents of the Port Towns in Prince George’s County are going before the county’s Zoning Hearing Examiner TODAY (Tuesday, Aug. 22) to say “We deserve BETTER than a Concrete Batching Plant in Our Port Towns” and you can help them oppose a CONCRETE BATCHING PLANT across from the Bladensburg Waterfront Park at the Peace Cross

“The Port Towns has been an area we envision as building on and honoring the historic significance of the region and welcoming vibrant businesses in a mixed-use development…this plant will set us back at least a generation.” Jolene Ivey, past Delegate, 47th Legislative District

Port Towns Environmental Action (PTEA) A coalition fostering environmental and social justice in the Port Towns communities of Prince George’s County while promoting local sustainable practices that create equitable, healthy, and safe communities. Find us on Facebook: @JoinPTEA, by email:JoinPTEA@gmail.com, or by mail: PTEA, P.O. Box 713, Bladensburg, MD 20710